Academic and Special Interest Housing

Academic and Special Interest Houses are residences where students pursue a common interest and share the fruits of that interest with the campus community.

Oversight of these houses is the shared responsibility of the Office of the Dean of Students and the department sponsoring the house.

Rising sophomores, juniors, and seniors are eligible to reside in Interest Houses. 

Out of respect for all groups, applicants who plan to submit requests to multiple housing units (i.e. Social, Academic and Special Interest Houses, SuperBlocks, Residential Life, etc.), should clearly indicate those intentions on all applications and if offered more that one option should correspond with each group about their final decision.

Once a student commits to a program by accepting an offer they are no longer eligible for any other housing offers or to participate in any further housing processes and are responsible for withdrawing those applications and/or contacting the appropriate group leader. Students are advised to carefully consider any offer before accepting. Under rare circumstances if a student is approved to renege on a commitment they are ineligible to participate in other housing processes and will be housed by the Residential Systems Coordinator. During the spring processes for the following fall term this means the student would be housed during the Summer Draw process.

Academic Interest Houses

Special Interest Houses

Applying

Once the school year begins if you have an interest in any of these programs you will want to reach out to the House advisor(s).

During the Fall Term Housing processes in the previous Spring Term, use the links above to navigate to the specific Academic Interest House webpages for contact and application materials. 

Following the end of the Fall Term Application period each program will determine to whom offers will be extended and after receiving commitments from each resident will provide those names to Residential Life by the deadline.